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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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July 20, 2018
Atty Sues NJ Firm Over Fees In Legal Malpractice Action
An attorney has slammed a New Jersey firm with a state lawsuit accusing it of violating a deal that entitles her to half of the legal fees recovered in a malpractice action against another lawyer over his handling of an employment discrimination case.
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July 20, 2018
Ex-Balch & Bingham Partner, Coal Exec Convicted Of Bribery
A federal jury has convicted a former Balch & Bingham environmental partner and a coal company executive of bribing an Alabama legislator for his help in dodging cleanup liability with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, prosecutors announced Friday evening.
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July 20, 2018
Atty DQ'ed Over Presuit Talks In Allstate Insurance Fight
A Montana federal judge ruled Thursday that the attorney for a woman in a car insurance dispute with Allstate could not serve as trial counsel due to his presuit communications with the insurance company, finding the attorney may have to testify over information he provided about his client’s demands.
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July 20, 2018
NJ Atty Ducks Malpractice Suit From Client's Ex-Biz Partner
A New Jersey man cannot pursue a legal malpractice claim against his onetime business partner’s attorney over an allegedly bogus real estate transaction because they did not have an attorney-client relationship and the lawyer did not breach a fiduciary duty owed to him, a state appeals court ruled Friday.
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July 20, 2018
Litigation Funder Seeks Bond For Ex-NFLer’s $500K Advance
A third-party claims funder argued Thursday that a Pennsylvania federal court should make an ex-NFL player post a bond or some other security after he refused to repay an advance of his share of a settlement with the league in multidistrict litigation over brain injuries.
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